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Screams, smoke and a rush to safety in Dubai crash-landing 04 Aug 2016 - 11:05 am

Passengers and relatives wait for news after hearing that the Emirates flight EK521 travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai crash landed at Dubai International...

Pentagon probes another Syria strike for civilian deaths 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: The US military has completed initial assessments of an air strike that allegedly killed civilians in northwestern Syria last month and is...

Malaysian man charged with rape escapes jail after marrying 14-year-old victim 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters By Beh Lih Yi JAKARTA: A Malaysian man charged with raping a 14-year-old girl has avoided prison after he married...

Indian officials order investigations after exposé into cover-up of child deaths in mica mines 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A five-year-old girl collects mica flakes from an open cast illegal mica mine in Giridih district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India,...

Canada launches inquiry into slain, missing Native women 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Marion Buller. Photo courtesy: uvic.ca Ottawa: A pioneering indigenous woman judge will lead an inquiry into the disproportionately high rate of killings and...

Danish Muslim group offers to bury French priest killer 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Father Jacques Hamel as they leave Rouen cathedral on August 2, 2016 at the end of the funeral...

White House denies Iran ransom payment 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: The White House on Wednesday denied renewed accusations that it paid Iran ransom for the release of four American prisoners, parrying a...

Coalition planes pound IS-held Saddam palace: UK 03 Aug 2016 - 06:39 pm

A handout screen grab image obtained in London on August 3, 2016, from Britain's Ministry of Defence, shows a palace built by former...

Egyptian Mubarak-era tycoon gives up 75 pct of wealth in reconciliation deal 03 Aug 2016 - 06:19 pm

Central Bank of Egypt's headquarters is seen in downtown Cairo, Egypt March 8, 2016 (Reuters) CAIRO: Hussein Salem, a businessman and ally of...

Zimbabwe police use batons to break-up anti-government protest 03 Aug 2016 - 04:02 pm

Zimbabwe War Veterans Secretary General Victor Matemadanda reacts as he is escorted byZimbabwean Policemen to a court hearing on August 1, 2016 in...

Prachanda: Nepal's firebrand Maoist turned prime minister 03 Aug 2016 - 03:48 pm

Nepal's newly-elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as Prachanda, (C), greets supporters as he leaves the Parliament Building in Kathmandu on August...

Britain's UKIP in chaos as leadership frontrunner ruled out 03 Aug 2016 - 03:37 pm

Armed police officers patrol Horse Guards in London, Britain August 3, 2016. (REUTERS/Neil Hall) London: Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) was plunged...

Emirates airliner with 300 onboard crash lands in Dubai; all safe 03 Aug 2016 - 03:31 pm

An Emirates Airline flight is seen after it crash-landed at Dubai International Airport, the UAE August 3, 2016. (REUTERS) By ADAM SCHRECK DUBAI,...

Saudi vows 'urgent' action for stranded Indian workers 03 Aug 2016 - 01:13 pm

The Indian embassy in the Saudi capital Riyadh on August 2, 2016. (AFP) Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has promised "urgent" action to resolve the...

Emirates Airline flight from India crash-lands at Dubai airport-govt 03 Aug 2016 - 12:40 pm

(Photo: Twitter) UPDATE: All departure flights from Dubai Intl Airport have been delayed until further notice: Dubai Govt Emirates Airline says 275 passengers...

Burundi rejects deployment of 228 UN police 03 Aug 2016 - 11:31 am

Protestors march during protest against the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to send a police contingent to the violence-wracked countryBurundi, on July...

Egyptian Nobel prize winning chemist Zewail dies aged 70 03 Aug 2016 - 11:15 am

This file photo taken on September 11, 2012 shows US-Egyptian Nobel prize-winning scientist Ahmed Zewail addressing members of the constitution committee at the...